Machine for packing articles of paper-bo are and the like



F. E. BEAM.

MACHINE FOR PACKING ARTICLES OF PAPER BOARD AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION-FILED DEC. 24,19l7. v

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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F. E. BEAM.

MACHINE FDR PACKING ARTICLES OF PAPER BOARD AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION 'FILED DEC- 24, I917.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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1, UNITED S1141139TW-FENT91mm??-v IE'RANKR'BEAM, or TOLEDO; oHIo.

MACHINE FOR PACKING ARTICLES 01 PAPER-BOARD AND THE LIKE;

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. BEAM, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new andjnseful Improvements in :,Machines for Packing Articles of Paper-Board and tthe like; land 1 do declare thev following .to be a: full,- clear,

and exactdescription; of: the invention, such as will enable others skilled intheart-to whichFit appertainsuto makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto theletters and figures of reference marked .thereon,which form a part'of this: specification. w

In the manufacture of. 1 disks i formed of paper boardor similar fabric and which are used'as milk bottle stoppers orcaps, as well as in'the production of similar articles,it is frequently required that'the articles be packed in long tubes "for convenience in handling, in transportation, and for economyzof space; Mymachine is designed to cheaply, rapidly and accurately perform the operation hereindicatedr l y F a To these ends, my inventionconsists of the mechanisms *anddevices hereinafter described, and illustratedinthe accompanying drawings,in which? 1 :;'Figure '1 is aiside-elevationfof ma- -chine;- Fig.x 2, an enlargedview: of thedischargeend of my machine,-,partly1 insection; Fig. 3, a top plan-view ofthe punchbar and punches hereinafter referred to;

Fig. 4, a perspective view of thedischargeend of-mymachine on. an enlarged scale, and: Fig. 5, a perspective view. on an, enlarged scale ofa portionof the, dischargeend;of my machinew-ith parts removedto more clearly illustrate certain par-ts which arefoovered in the other views.;;; a

Like letters and numerals of referencein- .dicate like parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings lis arstout frame upon the top of =whichrltravels a series of endless c apronsor belts 2 separated by -thin station ary strips 3. These belts ltravelover a roller or elongated pulley 4;- on "shaft 5, journaled in the side-members of the frame ofthe machine at one 'endy and over: corresponding driving roller or pulleys at the other=end of:

the machinenot shown. These aprons or belts are designed to receive from a machine for printing and cutting the disks of the kind referred to, such a machine being illustrated in my application for a patent filed Specification of Letters Patent; 4 Patented Aug. 19, 1919. 7 Application filed'December 24, '1917, Serial No. tosses. I i

simultaneously herewith, Serial Number 208,664L' .Across the Y discharge-end of the eratiVerela-tion to, each of gthe recesse's 7 is a box-like guide-piece 8, the, interionof which coincides with the recess 7. Each guidepiece 8 is provided with a short horizontal tubular projection 9,the bore of which coincides withthe bottom. of the chamberpf the Q guide-piece.v Intothe bore of each of these tubular parts 9 is .xremovably'secured one end of a metal tubular member 10, slotted along lts top,;over the outer end of whichslotted tube maybe slipped, as at 11, the receiving end of a packing-tube 12 composed of stout paper, card board or 'thelike;

As the arti les to be packed aresuccessivelydroppedfirom the top of the upper stretch of the ;-belts; 2, they fall edgewise thr oughv the chute. formed by therecessf'f and the guide-piece; 8. Itis nownecessary that the disks be caught a nd held.in.upright position and forced, flatwise through, the

tubular guides 10 and intothe packing-tubes;

12. This result is obtained by means of the mechanism nowto be described.

l3- -13 are push rods the forwardlendslof which move horizontally through holes, ;7 inthe' bar .6 and in alinement with the tnbular pieces 2%, yThese push rods are secure'd at their rear ends to a horizontal cross-ban; l4

tothe opposite ends of which are secured, as at'15,.,cam-rods 16 whichcarryat theirrear ends, respectively, a cam-roller 17- in opera tive relation to cams 18, on shaft, 19, extend ing across and journaled upon the frame of the machine This shaft carries a, pulley or sprocket-wheel 20 driven by a belt or, chain 21 from 'any'suitable source of power; The ,7 rear end ofthecam-rods 16. are slotted, as at I 16, the. slots greceiving' lthe shaft; 7 19 which forms a support for the'r'ear endof the camrods. Springs 22 interposed betweenithe cross-bar '14: and the bar 6 hold the camrollers 17 pressed constantly against the cams 18. It will be seen that at each rota- 7 tion of the sprocket 20the forward ends of pieces 8. This movement of the several push rods 13 forces forwardly agid intot he tub 11 V lar projection 9 any disk "which may rest p its edge nfr t Qt he push-reds thechambers of the guide=pieces it is necsa'ry that'the dislrswhibh have been pushed forward by the pushrods 'bB""I10W"'l1 6ld against falling backwardly and thus obsti'i'liting the fall.- from the belt of the succeeding"-diskf To this end I' provide 'abar 23? which extends across the end of the 'machine directly-above the tubular projections 9 and which" carries ot/smut wire fi'ngers24wvhicheiiteiid downwardlyjthrough slot s9 in the tubular membe s 9= mast-their with the advanced position bf the push rods 13. Thebar23 at each end is' supportedupon one end'of'fasbell-cr'ank lever25, fu'lcrume'das atQfi, upon the frameofthe' machine', the othe'rf end of the bell crank lever carrying cam-roller 271 in operative"engagement-with can 28'01 shaft 19; 29:29 are guide rodsse- 'curedtothe' opposite ends of the cross-bar :23

reciprocating vertically in uides-30 securedto the frame of themachine" Goinpression' springs 31' surroundingthe guideredeem interposed *between collars; on the rods andth'ei guides 30, hold 5 theicamrniembers27,28 iniifierative' contact? The cams 1'8 and2'5- are adjustable ontheir shafts and thus" may be positionedand timed relatively abstinence manner that 'as' the push ifods', l3- tidvanceftopi'ish disks into the tubular projection 9; the"pinsf24- lifted far" enough to clear the u per edgeiof" the disks? At theinstantthe; push rods 1?; be:

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giiifth ir" Tare-at, ureter 23, stayi g the I bafckvvardlyi With the "recurring" alternate "1; a deviceofthe described character j said belt being adapted to receive fia-twise articles of, the kind indicated and to dis charge thesairie edgewise into said chute, a horizontal tube onn cted w th. t bottom of; the chute and arranged to receive in up-' right position such articles, a push rod arranged t'o'inove horizontally in the direction oft-hei'tube, airetaining finger in operative relation to the tube and to the push rod, and devices for alternately actuating said rod and said finger; Y L f Iii a evice of theldescribed" character, a frame, a series of spaced conveyersbelts 70 mounted upon the frame, a corresponding series of chutesinoperative relation to; the belts, a corresponding series ofpush .rofds, a corresponding: series of fingers, .-said:.=push rods and fingers being disposed at antangle to each other, a crossabarf'to which the push rods are secured, a cross-barnto Which'the fingers are secured, and: means for; oppositely and; alternately. actuatingsaidbarsn- 5 3. In a device of-the described character, a frame, a series ofispzicedcconveyerbelts mounted :upon the frame", a"corresporicliil'g se ries of chutes inoperative relation tothe belts, a corresponding seriesofi-pushrods, a

correspondingg'seriesflof fingers, saidapush 35 rods and fingers beingiidisp'osed at an anglev V to each other, a cross-bar to which the push rods are secured, across-bar to which the finge'rs are secured, apair of cams operatively connected with saidbars, and. ineansgfor. the relative adjustment: ofssaidf'cams. V 4:" machine of: the; described-:- character comprising a frame, aSeriesofispaced conveyer -beltsmountedupon the? frame, a'l corresponding series of chutes inioperativelre- 'lation to. the "belts, each i ofisaid. chutes "have .c

tubular discharge orifice; a Frheans l for operative/1y connecting withfsaidsdischarge orifices "a suitable re'ceptacle, a .series ofpush rods corresponding to'saidvchut'es, a; seriesof fingers corres'ponding" to said chutes,,said push 'rods and fingers being/disposed. at. an angle tofeac'h othenia cross b'ar to wh ichithe push rods are 'sec'ured-,"a cross-bar to which the"finger's are secured, 'a-pair 'ojf cams adju'stable relatively to each other, *andop r ative connections between "the cams and said In testimony whereofl alhx ti S gnature in prese ce o f two wit se I FRANK :EzvBEAM; V T? :2 ,i 'i c :2 B A v I JOHN HfJAMnsoNf' addressing the Commissioner .5: intents, 

